Merle Ahrens - WHS Class of 1952 High School Activities Football - three years Basketball - three years Activities - WHS Band; Class Officer sophomore and senior year; Student Council Awards - Earned scholarship (football) to University of South Dakota Other - 3 years US Marine Corps (serving 1 year in Korea); played football at the Marine Base in San Diego, CA; Marine Band 2 years; Little League coach and umpire; Active in Special Olympics of California Merle and his wife, Sylvia, have 6 ...